Los Angeles daily herald., 1887-03-10
DAILY HERALD.
SMALLPOX.
List OF Houses Placed in Quar-
antines

List Of Houses Placed tn Quar'
antine.
Health Officer Hagaa reported th'
discovery Of three cases OF smallpox
yesterday, one of which was discovered
on the street and put in the excavated
lot adjoining the police station, ON the
corner Of Second and Spring streets, and
kept until the arrival of the wagon from
the smallpox hospital. Up to last night
the following cases have been quaran-
tined in houses: No. 333 Center street,
|; No. 62l Hill street, l.; corner Main
and Seventh. 2; corner Spring and Fifth,
|; No. 257 New High, 2; No. q Phila-
delphia, /; back of the brickyard l.;
corner Pearl and College, l.; Boyle
Heights, /. Total quarantined, IL.
There were at the hospital yesterday
morning, IA cases. Of these were dis.
charged during the day and were ad.
mitted, making IL there last night.
Total number of cases %.
Since the first three deaths there
have been no fatal cases. although some
patients have been very sick. DIR. Hagan
states that the main difficulty lies in the
vaccine points, of which only one in
every four is good. These points are all
brought from the East at great ex.
pense and the change of climate and dis.
tance they have to travel dries them out
and decreases their strength. He sng-
gests that some one near Los Angeles
take two or three heifers and vaccinate
them. If this is done, in ten days time
fresh healthy virus will be obtained.
The Board of Health has selected the
site for new smallpox hospital. 1t is
in beautiful sunny canon north Of the
city. DR.. Hagan yesterday prepared
plans for the new hospital and these
have been submitted to an architect. and
the building will cost between $4,000 and
$4,000. 1t will be constructed as soon as
the prchitect furnishes the plans.
A new tent. which will comfortably
accommodate twelve beds, was pat up
near the hospital yesterday afternoon,
and it is expected there will be no press
for room, as most of the cases now there
are recovering and patients will be dis.
charged as fast, if not faster, than discov-
cred.
Tie tenants in the Wilson Block
object to the free vaccination office being
located in their vicinity.
QuARANTINED IN A HOLE.
About noon yesterday fellow strayed
up to the police station with the evi.
dences of smallpox showing very plainly
upon his benign countenance. He was
not feeling particularly bad, and was not
at all frightened. The crowd that in.
tested the station at the time was not as
serene as the afflicted man, and it scat
tered as quickly as if bomb had burst
in the vicinity. A willing policeman
procured plank and the man was made
to walk it 10 the bottom of what is
known as the ''city hole in the ground"
corner OF Spring and Second streets. He
there remained like a prize OK on ex.
hibition and many viewed him, feeling
that they were getting a free show.
After time the hospital wagon arrived,
and the man was hurried off to place
where seclusion and good treatment is
guaranteed him. John Bryson, Sr., has
bought this lot, and it is jokingly esti.
mated that it will take many thousand
pounds of sulphur TO fumigate it. The
price of the lot hasn't decreased to any
great extent, however.
BRAVE, GENTLE SISTERS.
Yesterday Sisters Josephine, Veronica
and Xavier, went to the smallpox hos
pital to minister to the wants of The
afflicted. In every place where death
dealing pestilencs stalks, or bloody war
RACES, is found these sweet. faced, gentle.
voiced angels of mercy, the Sisters Of
Charity. The danger is never SO great
that they don't face it, with nerve that
puts the most intrepid soldier to the blush.
They are not seeking fame. They have
no thought of glory. The hope of
wealth does not dazzle their eyes. They
are serene in the knowledge that they
are doing the Great Makers will. and
are happiest when they are cooling the
parched lip of the fevered, and smooth.
ing the pillow of the dying. Mortal
tongue cannot chant their praises, and
the pen of man is feeble when it at.
tempts to extol their virtues, but up
above, in some niche not far from the
Great White Throne, there must be a
slab of purest marble, too sacred TO be
inscribed with the names of kings, rul.
ers, chieftains, or statesmen, but re.
served for the record of deeds done by
the christian sis:erhood of Sisters jose
pbine, Veronica aud Xavier.